People With These 7 Personality Traits Are Most Likely To Cheat On You

There’s no surefire way to determine in advance whether your partner will cheat on you. But there are some common personality traits that may increase the chances of it happening. Even though no one can read the future, being aware of someone’s potential for seeking intimacy outside the relationship based on their dominant behavior can allow you to safeguard yourself. You’ll be better able to recognize the threat before you get hurt.

1. Insecure

Insecure folks will never be truly satisfied in a relationship because, in their hearts, they believe they’re unworthy of your love and attention. A common characteristic is believing that nothing is good enough: not themselves, not their relationship. They also have a deep-seated fear of being alone. Those feelings permeate their entire worldview. For these reasons, they require constant reassurance and your active approval. The most important thing to an insecure person is to feel valued and loved. If you’re not making them feel that way, they may find someone else who will. Alternatively, they may feel like they don’t deserve you so they mess things up to wreck it all on purpose. Being alone is the worst thing ever; so they will have someone else waiting if they think you’re leaving them, just to avoid being alone. The new relationship will give them that intense level of attention, approval, love, and affection they crave.

2. Flirty

Flirty people are fun to be around. They’re outgoing and friendly, and generally, everyone likes them. Most folks give and take flirting as harmless and respond in kind. For some though, flirting is an invitation, and they’re happy to RSVP ‘yes’. In that case, the flirty person may end up involved with someone else more deeply than they realize simply because they’re enjoying the exchange. Before they know it, it’s too late. Signs of flirting include meaningful eye contact, gentle touches on the arm or shoulder, leaning in, and tipping their head back when laughing to expose neck.

3. Risk-taker

Some people simply enjoy a challenge. They are hard-wired to be risk-takers and have an inherent tolerance for behavior and activity that could cause them injury or harm. Of course, they don’t always realize that part; they just get a thrill from the danger of it all. Risky people may over-indulge or use alcohol and tobacco inappropriately, or engage in risky sexual behavior. In a relationship, risk-takers may enjoy the excitement of doing something forbidden like cheating and keeping secrets. It’s a risk to engage with another, it’s a risk to get caught, it’s a risk to see if they can talk their way out of it. All of these things energize a thrill-seeker at the expense of their partner.

4. Easily Bored

This personality type simply thrives on the excitement of something new. While similar to a risk-taking personality type, folks who are easily bored aren’t in it for the danger. They just want something different. A long-term commitment of any kind is often rejected, whether that applies to a career, the latest fashion or yes, a romantic partner. In some cases, you might recognize someone who’s easily bored by the way they compare themselves to others a lot. It’s not in an insecure way but more of a keeping-up-with-the-Joneses kind of way.

5. Narcissistic

This person’s ego is fueled by drama and the energy it produces. They’re full of self-important and grandiose ideas and always think very highly of themselves. This is the total opposite to the insecure type. Narcissists generally believe that others exist to meet their needs. They thrive on admiration and are quick to cut someone off if that shining love begins to falter; on the other hand, they can’t stand the idea that someone is happy without them, and so they try and reel ’em back in. A surefire way to identify a narcissist is if he or she makes everything about themselves, all the time. For example, if a narcissist got caught cheating, the first thing she’d say is, “But think how hard this has been on ME! I’ve made myself sick keeping this from you!”

6. Psychopath

Not all psychopaths are like the those seen in made-for-tv movies. To put it bluntly, psychopaths just don’t care about others. To a psychopath, the purpose of someone else’s existence is their own self-gratification. Other traits may overlap this but most other people with similar traits at least feel bad about what they’re putting their partner through; psychopaths don’t care. People are objects to them, to be used and abandoned. A psychopath is able to lie and manipulate anyone, at any time, and not be bothered by it, at all. Psychopaths have zero empathy for others, and will never admit guilt or responsibility. This gives them the “freedom” to feel they can cheat without reservation, if they chose to.

7. Sexually Voracious

Some partners are just mismatched in terms of their need and desire for physical intimacy. When someone with an intense sex drive partners with someone whose sexual appetite is the complete opposite, it can spell trouble. Chances are really good that someone who can’t get enough sex doesn’t mean to hurt their partner when they sleep around; they just cannot abide not getting enough physical affection. It’s like asking someone to give up half their oxygen. They just feel starved all the time.

Just because someone exhibits one of these personality traits doesn’t mean they will cheat. However, it can be a big red flag that this person might be more likely to engage in unfaithful behavior. As with any warning sign, it only means that diligence is needed.